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What IS MR. Bean?
Poll ended at 11 Nov 2009, 8:38 am
Neurotic? 9%  9%  [ 3 ]
Psychotic? 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
Severely disturbed and undiagnosable? 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
MILD AS ;) ? 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
AS? 26%  26%  [ 9 ]
A closet train spotter? 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
Similar to your best 'friend'? 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Just British? 23%  23%  [ 8 ]
George Bush in disguise? 6%  6%  [ 2 ]
The man who SHOULD have played Arnie's twin in Twins? 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
Animal, vegetable or mineral? 6%  6%  [ 2 ]
One of life's unanswerable questions? 14%  14%  [ 5 ]
This is supposed to be a serious AS forum as* **le 6%  6%  [ 2 ]
A typical traffic warden 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
Total votes : 35

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13 Oct 2009, 9:55 am

With British and AS running neck and neck (same number of votes) it seems that I missed the most important category

British AS


oh, wait a minute, that's the same as saying 'Just British'



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13 Oct 2009, 10:46 pm

I watched an interview with Rowan Atkinson on TV once.

When they got to the topic of 'Mr Bean' Rowan calmly explained that Mr. Bean was based on 'no one in particular, wasnt meant to parody 'The British' and that he didnt think there really were people like that :!:


Even I could see and hear that he was being sarcastic unless.......................perhaps..................Rowan is an Aspie :idea:



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13 Oct 2009, 10:53 pm

Mr. BEAN is a BLINDSPOT00.001



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14 Oct 2009, 11:21 am

Since joining this forum I have started watching House (occassionally)

You think he's an Aspie?



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14 Oct 2009, 11:43 am

I wanted to say 'animal, vegetable, or mineral', but I felt it was better to give an accurate vote. :lol:



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14 Oct 2009, 12:08 pm

With AS and 'Just British' in joint first position, one might jump to a conclusion about the British.

Traffic Warden now has a vote leaving just the two 'control questions' without votes.


I wonder which Nationality has the closest match to AS traits?



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14 Oct 2009, 12:17 pm

What Mr. Bean is, is highly likeable despite the ways he flounders. I don't think the character was meant to portray AS, but I do think that by accident the character has many AS-like traits.


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14 Oct 2009, 2:04 pm

Blindspot149 wrote:
Since joining this forum I have started watching House (occassionally)

You think he's an Aspie?


If you search, you will find other threads on this topic. I think that he only shares the bluntness trait.

As far as the Tati theory, I have read reviews that say that "Mr. Bean's Holiday" is an homage to Tati's film "Mr. Hulot's Holiday." (I may have gotten the exact titles wrong.)


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